Game Reviews

The Sims franchise has made its way to home consoles several times, but The Sims 3 is the closest it's come to matching the PC version yet. With a fully featured Create a Character, the inclusion of life cycles and Lifetime Wishes, and the ability to be constantly online with the Sims store, EA's doing everything they can to make Sims 3 for consoles the experience fans expect.

Jumping right into character creation, you'd have little idea that you weren't playing the PC version. While some of the interface has been tuned to work with a controller, you still have all the options for customization, as well as seamless integration of both items from the online store as well as community creations. If you like the shirt you're looking at, but hate the color, you can easily look and see what the community (the community that will hopefully be there, at least) has made as far as color and patterns go. Persistent online is a huge component for Sims 3 on 360/PS3 in general. (I only saw the 360 version at this point.) When you drop your newly created Sim into the world, you can build them a house to live in and, just like the Create a Character, purchase items from the store from within the game if you're not satisfied with what the game offers by default.